Modern methods of preventing crimes related to the excess of power or official authority in the system of law enforcement agencies
Métodos modernos de prevención de delitos relacionados con el exceso de poder o autoridad oficial en el sistema de las fuerzas del orden
Keywords:
law enforcement, excess of power, legal principles, preventive measures, international experience
Abstract
The aim of the research was the examination of modern methods of crime prevention related to the excess of official power or authority in the law enforcement system. The methodological basis of the study was the dialectical method of scientific knowledge, as the main method of objective and comprehensive analysis. The results highlight that over the past eight years in Ukraine 391 judgments, 4258 decisions on procedural actions were made during the consideration of crimes under Article 365 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The study of the Unified State Register of Judicial Decisions shows that the largest number of verdicts was pronounced in 2014 - 78, in 2015 - 58, in 2016 - 50, in 2017 - 46, the smallest number in 2018 - 28, in 2019 twice as much in comparison with the previous year - 46, in 2020 - 38, in 2021 - 47. Everything allows to conclude that, measures to prevent crimes related to abuse of power should be comprehensive. In particular, they must be effectively correlated with the legislative framework of the state’s protection and prevention policy, which signify the essential basis of any substantive democracy.
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ORDER OF THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, THE GENERAL PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE, THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE OF UKRAINE. 1996. “On Approval of the Regulation on the Application of the Law of Ukraine On the Procedure for Compensation for Damage Caused to a Citizen by Unlawful Actions of Bodies of Inquiry, Preliminary Investigation, Prosecution and Court” of 04.03.1996, No. 6/5/3/41. Available online. In: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/z0106-96#Text. Consultation date: 30/11/2022.
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SUSHYTSKA, Yulia; KUSHNIR, Daryia. 2021. Legal culture of law enforcement officers. Some aspects. Available online. In: https://conf.ztu.edu.ua/wp- content/uploads/2021/10/39.pdf. Consultation date: 06/11/2022.
THE LAW OF UKRAINE. 1995. “On the Procedure for Compensation for Damage Caused to a Citizen by Unlawful Actions of Bodies Carrying Out Operational and Investigative Activities, Pre-trial Investigation Bodies, Prosecutor’s Office and Court”, of 01.12.94 № 267/94-ВР (entered into force on 17.01.1995). Information of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Available online. In: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/266/94-%D0%B2%D1%80#Text. Consultation date: 29/11/2022.
UNIFIED STATE REGISTER OF COURT DECISIONS. 2022. Available online. In: https://reyestr.court.gov.ua/. Consultation date: 30/11/2022.
UNITED NATIONS DIGITAL LIBRARY SYSTEM (UNODS). 2019. Topic three - The general principles of use of force in law enforcement. Available online. In: https://www-unodc-org.translate.goog/e4j/zh/crime- prevention-criminal-justice/module-4/key-issues/3--the-general- principles-of-use-of-force-in-law-enforcement.html?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_ tr_tl=uk&_x_tr_hl=uk&_x_tr_pto=sc. Consultation date: 30/11/2022.
UNITED NATIONS. 1990. Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials. Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders. Available online. In: https://www-ohchr-org.translate.goog/en/instruments- mechanisms/instruments/basic-principles-use-force-and-firearms-law-enforcement?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=ru&_x_tr_hl=ru&_x_tr_pto=sc. Consultation date: 30/11/2022.
WEISBURD, David; GREENSPAN, Rosann; HAMILTON, Edwin; BRYANT, Kellie; WILLIAMS, Hubert. 2015. The abuse of police authority: A national study of police officers’ attitudes. National Policing Institute. Available online. In: https://www.policinginstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Weisburd-et-al.-2001-The-Abuse-of-Police- Authority.pdf. Consultation date: 30/11/2022.
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2023-03-03
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Horoshynskyi, O. (2023). Modern methods of preventing crimes related to the excess of power or official authority in the system of law enforcement agencies: Métodos modernos de prevención de delitos relacionados con el exceso de poder o autoridad oficial en el sistema de las fuerzas del orden. Political Questions, 41(76), 735-752. https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4176.43
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